Hanunóo Color Categories

摘要: N THE FOLLOWING brief analysis of a specific Philippine color system I shall attempt to show how various ethnographic field techniques may be combined profitably in the study lexical sets relating perceptual categorization. Recently, completed more than year's research on Hanun6o folkbotany.2 In this type work one soon becomes acutely aware problems connected with understanding local categorization because plant determinations so often depend chromatic differences appearance flowers or vegetative structures both taxonomic botany and popular systems classification. It is no accident that most detailed accounts native terminology Malayo-Polynesian area was written by botanist." was, therefore, greatly concerned categories during entire period my ethnobotanical research. Before summarizing results material, however, should like draw attention several general considerations.